For many politicians, war as an end unto itself, and with that sentiment in mind, Sens. Robert Menendez (D – NJ) and Lindsey Graham (R – SC) have angrily lashed out at the diplomatic push of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and the prospect of serious nuclear talks involving the P5+1.
In their new op-ed, they parrot virtually word for word the claims of Israeli officials that all efforts at diplomacy are a “charm offensive” and amount to an Iranian trick aimed at destroying Israel.
To that end, and in keeping with 30-plus years of ever-worsening US-Iranian relations, the senators promise “outspoken” support for more anti-Iran measures in the Senate, saying they will push a new round of sanctions against Iran in the coming days.
The ability to push sanctions in Congress is not in serious doubt, and hawkish Congressmen have regularly aimed to undermine reports of progress at the P5+1 meetings with new sanctions and calls for war. The question is whether the pro-diplomacy momentum that has picked up in the past week can be sustained in the face of this push, and that’s yet to be seen.
Vow more and new sanctions like what? One of the reasons for Iranian people surviving all that sanctions by USA and EU is that Iran, to some degree, produces what its need but medicine, to some degree, even some of that is produced in Iran. Iran has been sanctioned for last 20-30 years of all kind , what els is there for these Teddy bird senators to come up with.
i hope you jokers/war hawks are voted out of office soon. we don't want anymore wars and if you insist on having one, then fight it yourselves, spill your own blood and spend your own money doing so.
This proves beyond a reasonable doubt what a lot of people knew before, the western world lead by the USA are aggressive warmongers. I do not give a shit how innocent or guilty their populations are because according to the democracy they keep trying to shove down other people throats dictates that the people are responsible.
Sure there are many people objecting to this but the majority are at least ok with it. Short of mass demonstrations like Egypt, forget anything will change even if they threw all those war hawks out.
Despite the sanctions, Iran has continued to develop according to the UN's Human Development Index, a composite which includes education, health care, standard of living and gender equity.
See: http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/IR…
Scroll down and look at the time course, bearing in mind that the Iranian revolution took place in 1979.
That achievement is a tribute to the Iranian government and people.
Iran is now in the ranks of "High Human Development," one step below the "Very High Human Development," the top category.
With China, Russia and the other BRICS as alternative trading partners and with the EU less accepting of US domination, we might well ask whether US sanctions are losing their clout. Are military action and CIA subversion the only two effective arrows remaining in the imperial quiver?
If the people wake up from their stupid slumber, as they finely did in preventing the bombing of Syria , then AIPAC's stranglehold on Congress might be broken. Sad to say that was more an anti Obama surge rather than an anti war surge.
Since a majority in the House and many senators are happy to heap punitive sanctions on disadvantaged Americans simply because they can it should come as no surprise that they also delight in bullying on everyone anywhere that annoys them or their paymasters as often as they can.
If the funds (from AIPAC) for these "armchair" hawks was cut off they would sing a very different tune.They should be sent to sit in the Isreali government = where they belong – not pretend that they represent the American People.. They are a disgrace to the Great American People.
It's not effing 'AIPAC' or a 'lobby.' It is ZOG, my friends. For real.